Ride Profile
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A game screen from the ride
“As you are aware, the majority of dark rides back then were based on a hardscape making them very cost prohibitive to build and change in the future. With the advancement of digital media and the request from our guests, the time was right for this attraction.”
Warning: Spoiler Alert
The climb is followed by a quick descent into the core of the mountain. As riders enter this cavernous new world of mythical creatures and navigate through five layers of a 4-dimensional medieval world, they find themselves in battle with guardians of the dragon’s treasure. They interact with mythical creatures whilst navigating through diverse environments such as a forest, underground lake and city. Riders have an opportunity to showcase their gaming skills as they compete against their fellow riders in a bid to land a spot in the Wonder Mountain’s Guardian Hall of Fame. The quest culminates as riders enter the dragon’s lair for the ultimate battle with Lord Ormaar. Here they experience a shocking finale. What is it? Spoiler Alert! As a fog envelopes the screen before you, the entire train is paused horizontally with seated riders. Without warning it drops 30ft (9.1 m) straight down into darkness. Never saw it coming. What an inspired finale!
Five Wonder-ful facts
Wonder Mountain’s Guardian has a footprint of 23,180 square feet (2,153m)
The ride’s five eight-seater cars by ART Engineering provide an hourly ride capacity of 650
The 1,000ft (305m) of track was fabricated on behalf of ART by Kubes Steel, Stoney Creek, Ontario
Ride columns fabricator was Richmond Welding and Iron Works, Gormley, Ontario
Triotech used 64 projectors and the world’s largest interactive screen to display the media content
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